April 7, 2019

Today we had lunch scheduled at my parents between Conference sessions. As we were on our way, my sister called and asked me to convince my dad to go to the ER because my other sister thought he was having symptoms of a heart attack. WHAT!!! It didn't take much convincing. These symptoms had happened before and I think he may have been a little worried. We were only a couple minutes away. When we got to my parents' house, Dad was already in the car, and mom asked me to go with them. The hospital staff was so kind and gentle on that old guy. Mom relaxed considerably. After much blood work, an EKG, x-ray, fluids, questions, and monitoring, it was determined that he is fine. His heart is good. (Erikson hearts are always good! That is a genetic consistency.) He does have a hiatal hernia which may or may not need to be addressed in the future. We don't know what was causing the issues today or the last time. But, I know there was great joy from EVERYONE in knowing he will be around longer. (He is going to be pretty irritated with the people that made him go. haha)